To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we
are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic
and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
Theodore Roosevelt, 1918

"Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people
themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories. "Thomas Jefferson, 1781

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence,
whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.
The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
"Dwight D. Eisenhower

"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?
Four.
Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."Abraham Lincoln

"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth
to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda."George W. Bush, May 24, 2005